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Midge menace

Published 8 June 1996

From Rob Blackburn

I feel obliged to respond to Matt Gavin regarding the lack of sound at Lake Myvatn in Iceland (Letters, 11 May, p 52).

My wife and I camped there in the late 1980s and my memory of the lake is still vivid. Myvatn is Icelandic for midges and I can assure readers that there was not a lot of silence the day we were there. Maybe Matt should have his hearing selectively tested for the frequency band of the Icelandic midge.